Improved combined suspender and shoulder-brace



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ming* B. LEACH;

Leim Patent No. 89,872, daad May` 11,

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` ABe Ait knownthat I, H. B. LEACH, vof Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the'State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in` Combined Suspender-and Shoulder-Brace; and Irdo p hereby declare the,V following to be a full and exact de- A `,suspender-brace, as also modifications of the same: de-

scriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of referencemarked thereon. 'j p f Figure 2 represents a pair of Suspenders andshoulder-braces, made `with my improvement;

Figure 3 is `a detachedfview, representing a. modiiied construction of the same, when made from wire; and"- i Figuresland represent modifications of the buckleplate.` r`, i`

This invention consists in a novel buckle-plate, or

frame, for arranging and combining theseveral straps composing the` shoulder-brace suspender, whereby the parts are rendered more perfectly adjustable, moredesirable, and cheaper than AaretheY present methods.

In the drawing, I show my invention applied to a tached therefrom.

The buckle-plate is of z fi, and t', `which form a slide-buckle, for the purpose of receiving the straps, ivhich are generally made of elastic webbing. i

The slidebuckle,'or openings fi and t', are so situpeculiar formation, and -yet very simple;` It is made as represented in figs. 4 and-'- ated that the shoulder-straps B andB, at theirconnection with the plate, form a right or nearly so, and are one piece.

At the sidesof the plate A are buckles O and O', as seen in lig. 5, (or their equivalents, as shown in iig. 4, viz, the slitsf'i i 'i,) by means of which any desired po ,sition may be givento the shoulders, by shortening or straps form the shoulder-brace, as also the suspender,

Ametallic-plate being used, but, instead of it, I employ pieces,'or 'loops K K', l constructed out of wire, and shaped substantially as shown, and attached to the buckles c o', as represented.

The buckles themselves may be connected by alink, l. This gives .great additional strength to the whole, to resist the Vpull of the straps upon the buckles. I prefer it thus made, as it presents less surface of metal.

Having thus described my invention, V What I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is-

1. The combined ing a metallic buckle-plate, A, as represented in figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings, constructed substantially as and for the purpose herein described. 2. The combination of the bent Wire loops k la with the buckles o c', substantially as shown and described. H.= B. .LEAOIEL Witnessesz HENRY OonDs,

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angle to each other,

.lengthening ont, at pleasnre,the"straps'Band BC' Said 4 through the agency ofthe small straps d and d', fig. 1.. Fig. 3 represents a modification of my invention, no

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